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@WyIted
Thomas Sowell's books shine a spotlight on the tendency of the managerial class to prioritize the perpetuation of their own power and influence over actually solving problems. Those in positions of authority have vested interests in maintaining the status quo as a priority, even if it means avoiding effective solutions to pressing issues. The managerial class is driven to expand bureaucracy, regulations, and government intervention as a means of consolidating their control and increasing their authority. The googleable data proves that the elites tend to focus on the bureaucratic process rather than societal outcomes with little regard for whether policies or programs actually achieve their stated intended goals. The goal is the continuation of the process.
Sowell's arguments, if you watch the various available youtube clips of his interviews, contends that the managerial class are more interested in preserving their own positions of authority and influence than they are interested in genuinely addressing societal problems or improving the lives of ordinary citizens. Sowell constantly warns against the dangers of bureaucratic Redtape and the inevitable stifling of innovation and efficiency that results from an overly centralized and top-down approach to governance. It should come to no surprise that deep researchers like Sowell can academically prove that too much central management is both inefficient and ineffective. Anyone that studied historical societies would know that axiomatically.
Knowing this, any threat to "the process" is a threat to the managerial class, and they will use all the power they have and any means available, legal or otherwise, to prevent that outcome. The Rubric is clear on this. It's a matter of self-preservation over the good of the Nation, simple them vs us.
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@WyIted
Thomas Sowell wrote a lot about the problems of the elite managerial class, namely that their position has made it so that to solve any problem would mean for them to lose their jobs, therefore no problem should ever be really solved. You can see how that has manifested in hyper-managed cities where it's impossible to roll back any outdated regulation as it would destroy government jobs. The goal of the managerial class is not to solve problems, but to perpetuate the management. I saw a recent clip of him watching all the Black Leaders upset at the economic gains in the last decade, and his response was on point about the Black Leaders needing to keep those problems alive to ensure their hold on power.
I think I am going to listen to the audio book for Sowell's "Dismantling America"
If you want to read it with me, we can discuss the points about the book later.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
I love how NPR just yesterday spins a terror story about Navalny, with the low, trembling radio voice.... and then seamlessly segues into an "upbeat" story about Trump losing a court case that the government brought on him....
Rules are an arbitrary thing these days as well as morality.
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@RationalMadman
I would be interested to read that data.
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@RationalMadman
It's a bit hard to explain the results of that graph I posted, but I suppose it has a lot to do with the consolidation of power.
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@WyIted
It's like when you beat the shit out of your wife, but the pitbull comes into the house from taking a shit. He isn't intentionally keeping you from finishing the ass whooping, but you aren't going to finish it in his presence....
You are very generous to offer free online IQ tests.
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@n8nrgim
I think you'd struggle with that assignment, because it's pretty obvious that you lack objectivity. if you want to show you're capable, list five reasons to vote against bidden, and five reasons to vote for trump.
That's really asking way too much for a person of that level.
The level of person who went to college right after high school, was a Captain in the Marines, has been married for over 30 years, raised 2 college educated children, owns 5 houses and is in the top 2 percent of household income?
This sounds like something Biden would say during "Storytime with the POTUS"
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Ahh thank the lord for miracles then.
I can safely spam you with no fear. Ty for playing the game.
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@n8nrgim
I think you'd struggle with that assignment, because it's pretty obvious that you lack objectivity. if you want to show you're capable, list five reasons to vote against bidden, and five reasons to vote for trump.
That's really asking way too much for a person of that level.
The level of person who went to college right after high school, was a Captain in the Marines, has been married for over 30 years, raised 2 college educated children, owns 5 houses and is in the top 2 percent of household income?
This sounds like something Biden would say during "Storytime with the POTUS"
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What a dummy. I’ll just repeat things over and over. That’s how I’ll win. Yeah.
You are making me nervous because you stopped talking about me being alone and unemployed... did you finally get a successful doxx on me?
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@n8nrgim
I think you'd struggle with that assignment, because it's pretty obvious that you lack objectivity. if you want to show you're capable, list five reasons to vote against bidden, and five reasons to vote for trump.
That's really asking way too much for a person of that level.
The level of person who went to college right after high school, was a Captain in the Marines, has been married for over 30 years, raised 2 college educated children, owns 5 houses and is in the top 2 percent of household income?
This sounds like something Biden would say during "Storytime with the POTUS"
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@Dr.Franklin
Good luck rolling the dice on that one then!
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@n8nrgim
I think you'd struggle with that assignment, because it's pretty obvious that you lack objectivity. if you want to show you're capable, list five reasons to vote against bidden, and five reasons to vote for trump.
That's really asking way too much for a person of that level.
The level of person who went to college right after high school, was a Captain in the Marines, has been married for over 30 years, raised 2 college educated children, owns 5 houses and is in the top 2 percent of household income?
This sounds like something Biden would say during "Storytime with the POTUS"
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@Amber
I'm just saying... Roosevelt makes the village idiot seem like a genius by comparison.
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@Dr.Franklin
The huge increase in self-improvement is actually a bad thing.
And the alternative is better? Where you rely on others to improve you?
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@Amber
The village idiot speaks...
Please do not insult village idiots again. That's just beyond the pale.
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@WyIted
and we can set up a debate and...
Dude, please do not noob snipe...
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You are confusing “rich” with the upper middle class.
Lol! someone is unable to read a graph, apparently.
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@Dr.Franklin
This proves more than ever that social issues are more important than the "economy" as others would say. When things are good socially, then yeah the economy becomes an issue but when it's not then the economy takes a backseat.
Correct. The foundation of a strong economy rests with time-tested principles, such as "bettering yourself" and "making yourself a valued member of the herd" and "making sure you provide for your future and your posterity"
Every other social moral leads to an economical foundation of sand.
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@WyIted
Can you tell me the meaningful differences between the foreign policy of Hillary and Bush?
There are none. More of the same.
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@Best.Korea
Lol, they will still be fat and rich long after Trump is gone.
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@Best.Korea
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@FLRW
Lol, Trump must have paid you well to defend the left so badly.
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@Sidewalker
Well that makes the GOP Russian, and you should fight to the death to destroy it.
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@Amber
Thanks for proving all your arguments hold NO water.
You are going to discover this guy only uses WAPO and Vox for all sources cited.
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@FLRW
Lol, ok Klaus.
Do you enjoy an insect diet too?
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@ADreamOfLiberty
unlike the poor ultramagas who give their last dime to try to save the American experiment from the parasites sucking it dry.
FLRW is such a crappy spokesperson for the ultra-rich.
Almost as bad a Klaus.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Some people were primed to think the inflation reduction act didn't actually send tax money directly into corporate subsidies...
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So much for "we will get those rich people this time!"
They gotem all right, got them right in the pocket$
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Source..bla bla bla...
Thank you for correcting me.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Was it the most secure election in history or not?
Gotem.
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@WyIted
The lefts only hope is either mass immigration or to become more populist and peel off people like me who are just rabidly antiestablishment.
What would be funny is to see the GOP fail and see the rise of an actual opposition party. There's only 30% registered Democrats. That leaves 70% of the country to form a party that can truly represent America. Many illegal invaders from Venezuela and Cuba would never vote for things the current Democrats stand for.
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@FLRW
Poor Biden. Seems like all the deep state including Putin is out to get him now.
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@FLRW
https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putin-says-russia-prefers-biden-over-trump-in-u-s-election-1f07e178
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he preferred President Biden to Donald Trump in the U.S. election, describing the president as “more experienced” and “predictable” in his first public comments on the race.
In an interview with Russian state television released late Wednesday, Putin said Biden “is a politician of the old school” and added that Moscow would work with any elected U.S. leader. Trump, meanwhile, mentioned Putin’s remarks during a campaign rally Wednesday night in South Carolina.
“He just said that he would much rather have Joe Biden as president than Trump. Now that’s a compliment. A lot of people said, ‘Oh, gee, that’s too bad.’ No, no, that’s a good thing.”
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@Best.Korea
It's interesting, because the rights to life, liberty, and happiness are thought to be based in both nature and the supernatural, so the founding fathers felt no need to include them in the constitution.
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@WyIted
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REGIME CHANGES ORCHESTRATED BY USA
1846–1848 Annexation of Texas and invasion of California
1865–1867: Mexico
1887–1889: Samoa
1893: Kingdom of Hawaii
1899–1902: Philippines
1903–1925: Honduras
1906–1909: Cuba
1909–1910: Nicaragua
1912–1933: Nicaragua (lol, the government gave them a 2 year break)
1915–1934: Haiti
1916–1924: Dominican Republic
1917–1919: Germany
1917–1920: Austria-Hungary
1918–1920: Russia (gee, wonder why the USSR didn't like America)
1941–1952: Japan
1941–1949: Germany
1941–1946: Italy
1944–1946: France
1944–1945: Belgium
1944–1945: Netherlands
1944–1945: Philippines
1945–1955: Austria
South Korea: 1945-1948
Greece: 1947-1949
Costa Rica: 1948
Albania: 1949-1953
Syria: 1949, 1956-1957
Burma and China: 1950-1953
Egypt: 1952
Guatemala: 1952, 1954
Iran: 1952-1953Indonesia: 1957-1959
Iraq: 1959South Vietnam: 1959-1963
1959–1962: Cuba
1959: Cambodia
1960–1965: Congo-Leopoldville
1960: Laos
1961: Dominican Republic
1963: Iraq
1964: Brazil
1965–1967: Indonesia
1970–1979: Cambodia
1970–1973: Chile
1971: Bolivia
1974–1991: Ethiopia
1975–1991: Angola
1975–1999: East Timor
1976: Argentina
1979–1992: Afghanistan
1980–1989: Poland
1981–1982: Chad
1981–1990: Nicaragua
1983: Grenada
1989–1994: Panama
1986–1991: Soviet Union
1991: Iraq
1991: Haiti
1992–1996: Iraq
1994–1995: Haiti
1996–1997: Zaire
2000: FR Yugoslavia
2001–2021: Afghanistan
2003–2021: Iraq
2004: Ukraine
2005: Kyrgyzstan
2006–2007: Palestinian territories
2005–2009: Syria
2011: Libya
2012–2017: Syria
2014 Ukraine
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Every one of the left tribe knows full well the CIA tried to get rid of Trump. They just believe that the CIA cares about America.
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@n8nrgim
I think you'd struggle with that assignment, because it's pretty obvious that you lack objectivity. if you want to show you're capable, list five reasons to vote against bidden, and five reasons to vote for trump.
That's really asking way too much for a person of that level.
The level of person who went to college right after high school, was a Captain in the Marines, has been married for over 30 years, raised 2 college educated children, owns 5 houses and is in the top 2 percent of household income?
This sounds like something Biden would say during "Storytime with the POTUS"
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Well, what did I get wrong?
What you got wrong is that you are asking the kinds of questions Roose asks in order to doxx people, find out where they really work so he can get them fired. Why do you think I ignore him? My job isn't worth any kind of internet victory with an anonymous person. Especially a crazy and unstable larper like roose. If you want to go down that road, you can travel it alone.
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@TheUnderdog
You don't know anything about me. If you are here to troll, you can join the ignore list.
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@TheUnderdog
You didn't answer my question.
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@TheUnderdog
It's not a dodge. Why do you think the rich oppose a flat tax?
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@TheUnderdog
Bezos wouldn't exist in a nation without crony exemptions.
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@TheUnderdog
They haven't done it yet, but it's hard to deny this is the goal.
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@Benjamin
The article I posted answers a lot of your questions. And as far as being a terrible capitalist, nobody was stopping other people from investing into space technology. In a world of competition, real results matter.
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@Benjamin
he is a terrible capitalist
Even the worst capitalist in America is better at central planning than the US government. There is no comparison between the two for space innovations despite the US government having access to far more money than Musk.
In the end, what matters is better management and more accurate predictions of future problems. These things deliver effective real-world results.
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@Best.Korea
of course
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